Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:07:36 +0000
Pumped storage hydro has far more resource potential than required for a fully decarbonized grid and it’s cheap per megawatt-hour (MWh) of storage. The downside is that it’s slow to build, capital intensive, and heavily regulated right now in the United States. The Department of Energy FAST program aims to change that
Credit to Author: Cayley Dobie| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:14:21 +0000
Lynn Heimsoth’s death was officially ruled a homicide by the Whatcom County Medical Examiner.
Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 23:32:23 +0000
One of the key take aways from the wind industry experience is that assuming that you have social license because of the virtuousness and safety of an electrical generation technology is a big mistake
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 23:24:04 +0000
One of the key take aways from the wind industry experience is that assuming that you have social license because of the virtuousness and safety of an electrical generation technology is a big mistake
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 22:19:02 +0000
People around the world are beginning to confront the realization that more needs to be done if the world is to remain livable.
Read moreCredit to Author: Mark Z. Jacobson| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 21:45:57 +0000
The Earth is rapidly approaching 1.5°C global warming, air pollution kills over 7 million people worldwide each year, and diminishing fossil fuel resources portend social instability. Yet, recently, world leaders at the United Nations Madrid climate talks failed to agree on a path forward. The core of the problem is the belief by some leaders that solving global warming will be expensive and drain the economy of their country. However, new research indicates that this belief is incorrect
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:30:04 +0000
The concept of putting floating solar panels on pumped hydro reservoirs is fascinating, but not a slam dunk. This 2nd article covers an additional six pros and cons
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 01:48:53 +0000
The concept of putting floating solar panels on pumped hydro reservoirs is fascinating, but not a slam dunk. This 1st article covers evaporation management
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 03:09:37 +0000
The travel log of my trip from the Appalachians to Florida was quite different from my 3 day trip up. I again drove a 2015 BMW i3 REX with 71 miles of electric range. On the 3 day trip up to the Appalachians, I avoided using gas at all, going out of my way to find and use Level 2 chargers between the fast chargers. That is, until the last half hour to the mountain cabin
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 16:45:41 +0000
Ratepayers in Wisconsin are breathing a sigh of relief after a Minnesota court sends a proposed new natural gas power plant back for review — wait, what